“Survivors lived with their mistakes.”

“Why couldn't she have this, just enjoy this, without creating obstacles, digging up problems, worrying about mistakes, about tomorrow's? Why let the maybe's, the what if's, the probabilities spoil something so lovely?”

“Life--you have to live it as it comes.”

“Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.”

“Love can really screw you up before you learn to live with it.”

“Shannon: Only the living suffered. Only they were riddled with guilt and regret and unanswered questions.”

“ A woman with romance in her life lived as grandly as a queen, because her heart was treasured.”